Article-supporting attachment for ironing boards



March 13, 1928. 1,662,748

F. M. JOHNSON ARTICLE SUPPORTING ATTACHMENT FOR IRONING BOARDS Original Filed March 27, 1924 gywewfoz Fl arence Mc/dmwm Patented Mar. 13, 1928.

PATENT OFFICE- FLOBENCE JOHNSON, OF NAMPA, IDAHO.

AT WTTS RTTN TAC ME T TO IRQNING BOARDS- Applicationflied larch 27, 1924, Serial 15 djrape the cloth over the back of a chair or somethin of that sort. None [of these se s w s (ke p e c oth 3 ,1 wrink ing a'ain and a'basket'or chair takes up a goo i eti l am: 'F rt rte re; the 1 th Often 20 gets-soiled if it does not, in descending, rest Tra th Pap "g e wh c h v b n laid upon the iiogr.

It the object of my invention to pro vide a devicewhich may be readily applied ay d d nary ty ,8 0 i p n b a d and when i nfol' ed or projected constite i md ne y x ndin -P r i 2 T r men pon" w sh h 9 9 a t is ro ed may e hens in large o d h th 10 bei g retem heme by vme s 0f q h rinse t e i e further object is to provide a device of t is h rac er w i may b e r cte b a h b a d und r .e e ci um- 86 stanees'and when the board is being nsed for ironin trer artieles sheets and the like, w-

deyioe will not be .in the way or revent the ordinary use of the ironing and which will not prevent adding bl p" inflecte to T e mmegbes if sire My inven ion i lust ted in h a mpe ying' dr win h iein Figure 1 is a side elevation of an ron ng b -h vin y atteehmentapp th with the attachment in folded osition;

Fi a e an l re ien 0 h "i on n boar as in Fig ire' 1, but with the attachinent shown as in use;

0 Fi "r'e 3 is an end elevation of the ironing boar withf theeattachrnent extended "Figure 4 is an end elevation showing the aifi iheil x whib the a ta hme t is d for No. 702,360. henewed August 16, 1927.

a relatively wide sheet, the member 11 being partly in section; a

Figure 5 is a fragmentary perspective view of one of the cleats -11.

Referring to these. drawings it will be seen that the ironing board 10 is of any suitable or ordinary shape and that upon the bottom of the ironing'board are fastened by screws, nails or other attaching means, the transversely extending cleats 11. These cleats are each formed to provide a longitudinally extending aperture or passage-12 and I have illustrated this passage '12 as being formed by a groove in the cleat 11 on the outside face of the cleat, this groove being covered for its length by a metallic plate 13. I do not wish to be limited to this however. The plate 13 extends only part way along the cleat and just beyond the plate 18' there is formed an upwardly extending recess 14 which intersects'the groove 12. The opposite end of .the oleat from the plate 13 is also formed with a recess 15 which intersects'the groove, this recess being formed by reduc ing the length of the base of the cleat. Between the upwardly extending recess 11 and the recess 15 the wall of the recess 12 overhangs, as shown in Figure 5.

Disposed within thegroove 12 is a metallic rod 16 constituting a supporting member, one end ofwhich is formed with an angularly bent arm 17, this arm terminating in a hook 18. The opposite end of the rod 16 is formed with a relatively short angularly bent arm 19 constituting a stop. The rod 16 is of sufficient length to permit it to be shifted longitudinally through the groove 12 so as to bring this stop or arm 19 either into the keeper oirecess 14 or into the keeper or recess 15 as desired; gDetachably engaged within the hooks 18 is a relatively small'diametered coil contractile spring'20 having eyes at its extremities which may be .engaged with these hooks. It will be seen that when it is desired that the "arm 19 shall stand upright, the rod 16 is drawn forward and'the' angular end is engaged in the recess 14, thus holding the rod in an approximately upright position against further movement and looking it against reverse movement. When it is desired to shift the support formed by the members 16 inward to retracted position, each rod 16 is turned slight 1y to carry the angular end 19 out of the re cess 14:, it is then shifted along the groove 12 until it reaches the recess 15, and at this point the rods 16 may be turned over so as to cause the arm 17 to be disposed in a horizontal position, as shown in Figure 1, the

angular ends 19 of the rods then being dim posed behind the end of the recess 15 so that they cannot be pulled out without turning the arm 17 to a vertical position again.

Under ordinary circumstances the attachment is entirely disposed beneath the ironing board 10 and to this end the rods 16 are shifted fully inward and the arms 17 are turned so as to carry the hooks towards each other to reduce the tension on the spring 20. When it is desired to use the attachmentrthe springQO is detached at one end from one of the hooks 18 and the spring supports are turned over in opposite directions. They are then pulled outward until the arm or stop 19 strikes against the edge of the metal bar 13 and slips into the recess 14. The spring is again attached to one or 'both arms 17 and there is provided a long and strong wire support extending parallel to the edge of the ironing board and to which the article to be ironed is held by means of clothes pins or any other fastening device. This supporting member 20 is dis posed on the opposite side of the board from the person who is ironing. If the cloth to be ironed is wide it is folded once lengthwise. One end of the cloth is ironed across and then moved forward and attached to each end of the wire or support 20 by clothes pins, preferably the ordinary spring clothes pins. The cloth is then, as it is ironed, moved forward and drops down between the wire 20 and the ironing board until it just misses the floor. If part of the cloth still remains unironed the cloth is slid over the wire and fastened with clothes pins from underneath. Then the cloth can be dropped down on each side of the wire in a double fold and still be kept smooth and held firmly in place. It will be understood, of course, that there are many ways of handling a cloth so that a four yard cloth or sheet may be readily ironed in one length .and without folding. The cloth is, of

course, reversed and the other side ironed in the same way, or if one prefers thecloth may be doubled crosswise and ironed that way.

This device will not interfere with the folding of the board in case a folding ironing board is used nor with the use of a built-in ironing board, as the device itself is entirely out of the way and on the bottom of the board and does not increase the normal width of the board. Neither does this device interfere with the use of a pad .or cover, as plenty of room is allowed for the pad or cover, nor does this device interfere with pad covers that lace back and forth across the under surface of. the board.

In the drawings I have illustrated the ironing board as being supported by trestles A, and obviously these trestles might be made as part of the ironing board or they may be made separately therefrom and the ironing board rest thereon or on any other suitable support.

While I have illustrateda particular form of mydevice, I do not wish to belimited thereto as it is possible that many minor details n'iight be changed without departing from the spirit of the invention. What I claim 1SZ 7 1. The combination with an ironing board,

of means for supporting large articles when being ironed comprising two supporting members mounted upon the underface of said board into a projected position or into a retracted position and entirely beneaththe board, said supporting members each being right angular in form to provide a laterally the board for sliding movement laterally of extending arm at the outer end and a hori zontally extending element connected at its ends to the upper ends ofthe arms and projectable or retractable therewith, said sup.- porting members being oscillat-able to carry said arms into a plane parallelto the plane of the ironing board or into an upwardly projected position, and means to hold said arms in said last named position.

2. The combination with an ironing board,

of means for supporting large articles when being ironed comprising supporting mem hers mounted upon the lower face of the board for lateral movement. into a projected position or a retracted positionentirely beneath the board and a longitudinally exelement engaged at its extremities withsaid arms and members.

4. The combination withanironing board, of means for supporting large articles while being ironed comprising cleats attached. to the lower face of the board, rods shiftably and oscillatably mounted in said cleats, each shiftable with the supporting rod being formed at one end with an arm having a hook and at its other end withan a-rm' constituting a stop, the cleats being formed with keepers with which said stops are adapted to engage when the arms are projected and turned outward away from each other and a coil contractile spring detachably engaged at its extremities with said arms.

5. The combination with an ironing board, of means for supporting large articles while being ironed, comprising cleats attached to the lower face of the board, each having a longitudinally extending passage, a rod os cillatably and slidably disposed in each passage, each rod at one end being formed with a relatively long arm having a hook at its extremities, the opposite end of each rod being formed with a relatively short arm constituting a stop, each cleat being formed with a keeper with which said stop arm is adapted to engage when the rods are shifted outward to carry the first named arms beyond the edge of the ironing board and rotated to shift the first named arm in a position directed awa from each other and a coil spring detac ably engaged with the books on said arms and projectable or retract-able with said rods.

6. The combination with an ironing board, of means for supporting large articles while being ironed, comprising supporting members slidably and rotatably mounted upon the under face of the board, each of said members having an arm provided at its end with a hook, 'a coiled contractile spring engaged with the said hooks, and means for holding the supporting members in projected position with their arms extending upward and hooks facing away from each other to thereby place tension on the spring.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature.

FLORENCE M. JOHNSON. 

